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#ifndef __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
#define __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
#include <opkele/types.h>
#include <opkele/extension.h>
/**
* @file
* @brief OpenID consumer-side functionality
*/
namespace opkele {
/**
* implementation of basic consumer functionality
+ *
+ * @note
+ * The consumer uses libcurl internally, which means that if you're using
+ * libopkele in multithreaded environment you should call curl_global_init
+ * yourself before spawning any threads.
*/
class consumer_t {
public:
/**
* store association. The function should be overridden in the real
* implementation to provide persistent associations store.
* @param server the OpenID server
* @param handle association handle
* @param secret the secret associated with the server and handle
* @param expires_in the number of seconds until the handle is expired
* @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
*/
virtual assoc_t store_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle,const secret_t& secret,int expires_in) = 0;
/**
* retrieve stored association. The function should be overridden
* in the real implementation to provide persistent assocations
* store.
+ *
+ * @note
+ * The user is responsible for handling associations expiry and
+ * this function should never return an expired or invalidated
+ * association.
+ *
* @param server the OpenID server
* @param handle association handle
* @return the autho_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
- * @throw failed_lookup in case of error
+ * @throw failed_lookup if no unexpired association found
*/
virtual assoc_t retrieve_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
/**
* invalidate stored association. The function should be overridden
* in the real implementation of the consumer.
* @param server the OpenID server
* @param handle association handle
*/
virtual void invalidate_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
/**
* retrieve any unexpired association for the server. If the
* function is not overridden in the real implementation, the new
* association will be established for each request.
+ *
+ * @note
+ * The user is responsible for handling associations and this
+ * function should never return an expired or invalidated
+ * association.
+ *
* @param server the OpenID server
* @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
* @throw failed_lookup in case of absence of the handle
*/
virtual assoc_t find_assoc(const string& server);
/**
* retrieve the metainformation contained in link tags from the
* page pointed by url. the function may implement caching of the
* information.
* @param url url to harvest for link tags
* @param server reference to the string object where to put
* openid.server value
* @param delegate reference to the string object where to put the
* openid.delegate value (if any)
*/
virtual void retrieve_links(const string& url,string& server,string& delegate);
/**
* perform the associate request to OpenID server.
* @param server the OpenID server
* @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t
* object, representing established association
* @throw exception in case of error
*/
assoc_t associate(const string& server);
/**
* prepare the parameters for the checkid_immediate
* request.
* @param identity the identity to verify
* @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
* @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
* @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
* @return the location string
* @throw exception in case of error
*/
virtual string checkid_immediate(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
/**
* prepare the parameters for the checkid_setup
* request.
* @param identity the identity to verify
* @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
* @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
* @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
* @return the location string
* @throw exception in case of error
*/
virtual string checkid_setup(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
/**
* the actual implementation behind checkid_immediate() and
* checkid_setup() functions.
* @param mode checkid_* mode - either mode_checkid_immediate or mode_checkid_setup
* @param identity the identity to verify
* @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
* @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
* @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
* @return the location string
* @throw exception in case of error
*/
virtual string checkid_(mode_t mode,const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
/**
* verify the id_res response
* @param pin the response parameters
* @param identity the identity being checked (if not specified,
* @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
* extracted from the openid.identity parameter
* @throw id_res_mismatch in case of signature mismatch
* @throw id_res_setup in case of openid.user_setup_url failure
* (supposedly checkid_immediate only)
* @throw id_res_failed in case of failure
* @throw exception in case of other failures
*/
virtual void id_res(const params_t& pin,const string& identity="",extension_t *ext=0);
/**
* perform a check_authentication request.
* @param server the OpenID server
* @param p request parameters
*/
void check_authentication(const string& server,const params_t& p);
/**
* normalize URL by adding http:// and trailing slash if needed.
* @param url
* @return normalized url
*/
static string normalize(const string& url);
/**
* Canonicalize URL, by normalizing its appearance and following redirects.
* @param url
* @return canonicalized url
*/
virtual string canonicalize(const string& url);
};